The Philippine economy hit its slowest growth pace in more than three years at 5.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015, largely due to government underspending, official figures released Thursday show.

Growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in January to March this year slackened from a revised 6.6 percent achieved in the preceding quarter and 5.6 percent recorded in the comparable year-earlier period.

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